Thomas C. Grella
District 5 (2024 – 2027)
McGuire, Wood & Bissette, PA in Asheville, NC
Wake Forest University School of Law, J.D. 1985
Tom, a shareholder, and former managing partner with McGuire, Wood & Bissette, PA in Asheville, NC, practices commercial transactional law. He has served as North Carolina State Delegate in the ABA House, is past-Chair of the House Technology and Communications Committee, and has served on the House Nominating Committee, Steering Committee of the Nominating Committee, and the Resolution and Impact Review Committee. He served on the ABA Journal Editorial Board for six years. A past chair of the Law Practice Division, he is also a former House Division Delegate. He is also a fellow of the ABA and North Carolina Young Lawyers Divisions. He was the recipient of the Law Practice Division’s 2012 Sam Smith Award for lifetime achievement in the field of law practice management, and the 2017 Robert P. Wilkins Award for outstanding work in the Division’s periodical publications.